Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-08-06

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For several wsaks past 8 moysrsent
hma bssn QniBtly saki14 DlaED 8GoNH
nssaain wsnishy parties and The Tecfs
santMflses Of several e0ted esPiisiisss %
san Frnneispo and geeEamenta, 4eo
wspe and have been inlesesfsc In faesne
Coaai railroads for yeass. Ths Post
ENTnEG1uEucEn nan has besn 0DFkiza
% the fncis To the ease for soue tine
an1 Il now ahla . present 70 he F1biie
ths progress nads tbas far n TIE pro
pnas4 establishment 81 Q railroad fFeD
he Straits % San gaan Dc Fasa 20 TIE
CoIambia river, snd possibly Portland.
Oregon.
OorTespondsuss has fer soms tine
been going On betWee1 The Oslifofuia
narff1g asa nome iu1neEliai oitixsna Of
Pneet BoanA rslatiaa % ihe sYstem re-
fsFRpf 70. Msl31gs woea prparezlnR -
nissiy that recsniiy cue of Tie WeaithseHt
eftfasns n ths TssEitosy isft fer TIE Bsg
Oity % oonfof With TIE railroad men
This o0ufsFsnoe W1s - satisfactory %
the CatifoFnisns that thsy disp8tche6
FspFessnfatfyes 10 Washington Territory
fof ne purpose of aeosFtaintng the
feasibility % building and operating =
Fsairoad taking line sioDR the eoast.
A sreat deal Of pains has been iakea 70
Keep TIE whOis a9air profound s1efet.
ARTISTS Of incorporation have, hog
ever, been andaF consideration - the
intsrested parties, With the esptfal
piansd Is s. 900 900, divided ints smsil
HhaFsa. Toe value Of thsss shares has
oct yet been dsaided upon.
A desirable tract OF land treating on
Pert Townsend Bay Is being faVosably
lacked npou b. the railsoadeFs 81 . Ter
-. ansfG - -
uxupaaod, southwest Of PORT Towsaena,
10 the weat Of Hood's Canal, where q
moRn ssutheRig c0urae viii Be taken
through Mason connty. The Haisop
Railroad will be crossed son@wbere be-
kweeu Mpnleamnc and kAmil5he.
Thenee heading almost diseetiy south,
shs lnnabar district Of Chshalis county
Win bs penetrated, and the sawDiiis viii
then b afforded az opportunity Of
shipping their iuDbeF direct 70 the Post
d Entgy, where qaiek dispsteh viii b.
hfforded vessels 10 carrying TIE carRoes
from the H0ond. Ihere are nine saw
mills in aettve operation IN Obshalts
county at The present. time. One OF
the finest and largest agrionlt@Fal Sc
lions 10 Western Washingi6s I'll be
passed through.
The next c0anty 10 which the rail.
road viii pass through e Lswia Ths
mountains 10 that county gill aaofd en-
abundanes Of coal which has never bad
the facilities Of being worked. Tue
road viii, for the present. terminate 81
~ near kalama.
4 line Of aisamboais uiil Be ran, both
On Puget Sound and The Columbia
river. 1he grain, not only from tbe dis.
triets through Whiah ths railroad vii
paes, bat from Tue inland eUpiEe will
Be transported down the Columbia
river By the Oregon Railway 4 Nayiga-
toe oompAny's lines. ihsaoe 70 Port
"a towaee from SEQ 10 600 will then
be saved ~ The vessels, In loading here
instead Of up Sound poFta.r said an in
tefcglod party yesterday. TIE steamers
on Puget sound will afford direct com
munieatiou with the Canadian Pacihe
hailroad 81 Vancouver, British Oolum-
bic.
The parties nov interested in this en-
teFpgise ere heavy stock holders Ia the
oentsal Paelac Railroad, watch sventu
ally will undoubtedly absorb the httle
corporation and nee u ~ an outlss foE
their overland traina.
when railroad u once guaranteed
The PORT Of EntFy will then become, mol
only live shIpVing center, has Q mana
we'll and many other industries viii b
carried on.
Al Of ths Port Townsend parties 10
serviewed, while ramaining Is oloae "a
En- oyster 90 the sabiact, admitted thai
the facts above related we're nudoR The
sareful confederation Of California
capitalists, and IN ali probability thsy
would be carried oct.
HAWAIIAN NEWS.
The American bark Oolusa, Captain
Charles Blekna, arrived this morning,
after q voyage Of tWenty-foar days from
Honelulu. Some important infoEma
tton coDcornina Hawaiian events we're
farnishod 10 the PosI INTELLlaKgcEn'i
representative By she Captain.
On the evening Of July flth. In thS
trial 10 which the En- Hawaiian Mluiatss
% Finance came 20 grief, and IN which
Premier 0lbson vas charged With de
Trading the Government, the defend.
ant pFodueed vouchers for every emit
be uas charged With misAppFopTiating.
Yet the evidence produced vas such a.
10 leave an Impression on the minds Of
the turymen that Gibson had IN reality
deffaudea The Government Of vast sums
% money. He YES smart enouah, how.
eTef, 10 secure evidence which tended
20 prove hia innocence. The next morn
ina daily i2thl che court room vas
packed By large assomblaQe, 10 hear
the verdict. The court being called 10
order, The clerk read the iuFy'a verdict,
which was "Noa 0uilty."
Many were The deep mutterinQs emit
led By the natives. The friends Of
Gibson had q oonvayance waiting near
By, Ia which 70 quickly carry away che
ed man, Who had az one time the
almOat entire regard Of the natives. A
eoat % convey him on board che hFig
John ID. Spfe0kela was 81 hand, which
had aails SCI for two hours, ready fOs
see. Immediately the vessel got under
way, and soon the Little ocean kinedom
vas fan fAdtna fram vieU. The
NpGeckeis Il nos due II San Francisco.
His anin law u aiill In dnrApca vie
on the reef, awaiting trial IS an accom-
plias Of his father.in.law, 0gbson.
AZ The appointed tune SET Ger the King
10 sign The new constitution every bust
ness hoase IN Honolula was cioaed. The
day was not unlike q quiet Sunday.
Promptly 81 the hcuf designated ne
king, under the strict surveillance Of
the ktnae Guard. aiepped forward and,
With . tieady hand. signed the doca-
ment which depgivea him Of al poweF
% kins, other nan that Of drawing
bis salary.
Basiasss vas Al onee rssamsd. III.
presaiene Of ettisfaoiton we're heard %
every siae. A general good feeling e.
cnee preoominated. People uho had
been for veeks and mouths IN constant
terror % : revolatioo, were nou upoa
The streets highly elaied over What tAey
tsfmcd We psopleS viotoFy.
ruH uxSvnASTTx.
The Board os Trade has ACCEPTED 4
bod deed 81 eixhiy acres Of land, ca
which ne propcssd University 4 10 b
lcealad. ffum Alfred nriess ana wife
MsssFs. beSts ard nsnny q seattle,
An6 Rev. Dilisn. q Dress isiAnd, ere
expecae& next week - make an Ap-
pgAlslnsnt q the landH donated 70 the
Cniuxailg fund.
Allen Weir, SECRETARY Of TIE Roard 81
ffaalees. aAid 70 ne RoST -ixrxx11aEz-
ezn eoFfespoa4ents "At The meesinR q
the ConfsFerca tkay mnNt aacepi their
cen terms pruposed % ~ o. rSpadlate
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